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List Of Banned Names by escottkr8t(m): 11:05am On May 03, 2013 |
Lucifer cannot be born in New Zealand. And there's no place for Christ or a Messiah either. In New Zealand, parents have to run by the government any name they want to bestow on their baby. And each year, there's a bevy of unusual ones too bizarre to pass the taste test. Four words: What were they thinking? In the past 12 years, the agency had to turn down not one, not two, but six sets of parents who wanted to name their child "Lucifer." Also shot down were parents who wanted to grace their child with the name "Messiah." That happened twice. "Christ," too, was rejected. As the agency put it, acceptable names must not cause offense to a reasonable person, not be unreasonably long and should not resemble an official title and rank. It's no surprise then that the names nixed most often since 2001 are "Justice" (62 times) and "King" (31 times). Some of the other entries scored points in the creativity department -- but clearly didn't take into account the lifetime of pain they'd bring. "Mafia No Fear." "4Real." "Anal." Oh, come on! Then there were the parents who preferred brevity through punctuation. The ones who picked '"*" (the asterisk) or '"."(period). "Benson" and "Hedges" -- a popular cigarette brand -- and OK'd the names "Violence" and "Number 16 Bus Shelter." And what happens when parents don't conform? Four years ago, a 9-year-old girl was taken away from her parents by the state so that her name could be changed from "Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii." Not alone To be sure, New Zealand is not the only country to act as editor for some parent's wacky ideas. Sweden also has a naming law and has nixed attempts to name children "Superman," "Metallica," and the oh-so-easy-to-pronounce "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116." In 2009, the Dominican Republic contemplated banning unusual names after a host of parents began naming their children after cars or fruit. In the United States, however, naming fights have centered on adults. In 2008, a judge allowed an Illinois school bus driver to legally change his first name to "In God" and his last name to "We Trust." Slipping through Still, some quirky names do make it through. In 2008, the country made made international news when the naming agency allowed a set of twins to be named ' But the same year, an appeals court in New Mexico ruled against a man -- named Variable -- who wanted to change his name to "F--- Censorship!" Here is a list of some the names banned in New Zealand since 2001 -- and how many times they came up Justice King Princess Prince Duke Major Bishop Majesty J Lucifer using brackets around middle names Knight Lady using back slash between names Judge Royale Messiah T I Queen II Sir III Jr E V Justus Master Constable Queen Victoria Regal Emperor Christ Juztice 3rd C J G Roman numerals III General Saint Lord . (full stop) 89 Eminence M VI Mafia No Fear 2nd Majesti Rogue 4real * (star symbol) 5th S P C Sargent Honour D Minister MJ Chief Mr V8 President MC Anal A.J A A A (resize font) Baron L B H-Q Queen V |
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